Excerpt from The History of the English Bible: Extending From the Earliest Saxon Translations to the Present Anglo-American Revision In order to bring down the history of English translations to the present time, an extended account will be found in the following pages, of various public and private attempts to wards translations and revisions since that of King James' Bible, 1611. The great majority of these efforts were by private individuals and consequently of no special impor tance. There were other attempts made by public authority, and hence of greater significance. By far the most important of these, is the anglo-american revision undertaken by the authority of the Convocation of Canterbury and with the ex press design of superseding King James' version. Whether it will accomplish this design must remain, for the present at least, an open question. It must he confessed, however, that in the history of English translations no version ever attracted so wide-spread expectation. And then it carries with it the recommendation of the most profound English and American scholarship - a scholarship in every way com petent to deal with original authorities and to make the best use of all critical helps. While this is true of the New Testament revisers whose labors have just closed, it is equally true of the Old Testament revisers whose labors will not be completed for some three years to come. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.